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Does IPL Treat Enlarged Pores and What Are the Long Term Side Effects?

asked 1 year ago by Dallas8826 in Dallas
Latest answer by Emily Altman, MD
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Tags: enlarged, pores, side effects

1 answer to Does IPL Treat Enlarged Pores and What Are the Long Term Side Effects?

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Can IPL reduce the size of enlarged pores?

In addition to improving redness and hyperpigmentation/brown spots, IPL treatments improve texture, pore size and wrinkling.  Those are not seen immediately after treatment, but take some time to develop, The IPL treatments treat surface pigmentation and redness, but a part of the light spectrum reaches deeper into the dermis and stimulates collagen production. This in turn improves skin texture. As for long term side effects, if there were no side effects immediately after... more
Emily Altman, MD

Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

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